Legacy Narrative

From metrics to meaning: Reflections on a midlife vocational transition

Just as the jenny wren nests in overlooked places, legacy writers weave facts and words together to build metaphorical nests, creating protective containers for overlooked stories. Continue reading
From hunting daily news to gathering enduring stories

I helped build the metrics-driven systems that power modern newsrooms. I was good at it. But I’ve discovered I do my best work when I can prioritize depth over speed, relationship over clicks, and stewardship over extraction. This is storytelling… Continue reading
Why I dive into the lives of strangers from the past: Ancestry work as legacy practice

Somewhere along the way, what began as casual curiosity became something else entirely: a vocation that weaves together everything I love: research, writing, history, the pleasure of studying old newspaper clippings and century-old documents, the detective work of piecing together… Continue reading